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Common-sense prep for bear-hunting success in Minnesota

This bear sneaked past a ground blind to munch bait. His coat of color contrast could make picking a spot to hit difficult. Hunters should practice for pinpoint accuracy for typically short-range bait-site shot opportunities. (Photos by Mark Morrison)

Bear hunting in Minnesota can be feast or famine.
Some years, nature offers bruins a smorgasbord of food options such as blueberries, hazelnuts, and acorns. Other years, those attractive goodies are unavailable to bears, and the critters visit hunters’ bait sites with regularity, increasing those hunters’ chances of tagging one of the forest beasts. My favorite bear hunts have occurred during those seasons during which bears munched wildly on native chow and largely ignored sweet bait offerings.

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